CH-6 – Plant Nutrition

1. Which substance, needed for protein synthesis, is carried into a leaf from the stem?
A. carbon dioxide
B. nitrate
C. oxygen
D. starch

2.

3. Which two substances are the products of photosynthesis?

A. carbon dioxide and glucose
B. carbon dioxide and water
C. oxygen and carbon dioxide
D. oxygen and glucose

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4. The diagram shows a cross-section of part of a leaf.

Which type of cell is found in layer X?

5. Which substances do root hairs take from the soil?

A. water and carbon dioxide

B. water and mineral ions

C. carbon dioxide and oxygen and mineral ions

D. carbon dioxide and oxygen and water

6. Which product of photosynthesis moves out of a green leaf through its stomata?
A. carbon dioxide

B. glucose

C. oxygen

D. water

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7. The diagram shows a palisade cell.
In which region is starch stored?

8. The diagram shows a cell with groups of bacteria around its edge.

The bacteria move to areas of high oxygen concentration.

Which process in the cell causes the bacteria to form these groups?
A digestion
B photosynthesis
C reproduction

D respiration

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9. The result obtained in one of the experiment conducted by the students is shown in
the graph given below.

(a) Write the equation of photosynthesis.

(b) Describe the students result.

(c) State the factor that is limiting the rate of photosynthesis in region X of the graph.

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Q10. (a) A researcher carried out four experiments, A to D, to investigate the effect of
light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis of cucumber plants. The experiments were
carried out at two concentrations of carbon dioxide and at two temperatures.
The results are shown in the Fig. 1.

(i) Use the results in Fig. 1 to identify the limiting factor for the rate of photosynthesis at
the light intensities given in Table 1.1.
Write your answers in Table 1.1.
Experiment light intensity / arbitrary units limiting factor

A 20

B 20

C 20

D 5

(ii) Define the term limiting factor

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11. The pH of soils influences the availability of ions to plants.
Fig. 2 shows the availability of ions in soils of different pH.

(a) Name the ion that is least available in soils of pH 4.0 and in soils of pH 11.0
pH 4.0-
pH 11.0-

Plants grown in soils of pH 10 may show symptoms of deficiency. They are stunted and
their leaves are yellow.
(b) Explain how deficiencies of magnesium ions and nitrate ions lead to the symptoms
described.
magnesium ions-

nitrate ions-

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